Improvement in knitted hoods



I'. W. BENSON. Knitted-Hood.

No.`216.402. Patented JnelO, 1879.

`N. PETERS. FHDTO-UTHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE;

FRANCIS W. HENSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN KNITTED HOODSK Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,402, dated June 10, 1879; application filed v May 9, 1879.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,'FRANOIS W. HENSON, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., have invented a new and useful Improvement in Knitted Hoods, of which the following is a specification. I

The object of my invention is to cheapen the manufacture and improve the quality of knitted hoods, an object which `I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, representin g a side view of a knitted hood of the character to which my invention relates.

Knitted hoods such as shown in the draw ing comprise the body A, crown- B, cape D,

face-ruching E, and ruching F between the.

body and crown.

ln the ordinary method of making such hoods each of the parts is separate from the others, the parts being united by sewing.

Thus the b ody A and crownB are lirst sewed together, and the joint covered by sewing the ruching F over the same. The face -ruching In order to overcome these objections I knit the ruchings E and F and the body A of the hood in one piece, themachine being so'ar ranged as to form the ruching E on one edge, and the ruching F on the other edge, of the strip which forms the body of the hood. By this means the sewing operations necessary to complete the hood are reduced at least one half, and the finished hood is much stronger and more durable than one in which the ruch ERANcIs 'w. EENsoN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. COOPER, HARRY SMITH. 

